The Island of Extraordinary Captives A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp. Cover Image

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The Island of Extraordinary Captives [electronic resource] : A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp.

Parkin, Simon, (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781982178543
ISBN: 198217854X
Physical Description: 1 online resource (433 p.)
Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2022.

Content descriptions

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Description based upon print version of record.

Formatted Contents Note:

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Map of Hutchinson -- Epigraph -- Author's Note -- Chapter I: Barbed-Wire Matinee -- Part One -- Chapter II: Five Shots -- Chapter III: Fire and Crystal -- Chapter IV: The Rescuers -- Chapter V: Sunset Train -- Chapter VI: The Basement and the Judge -- Chapter VII: Spy Fever -- Chapter VIII: Nightmare Mill -- Part Two -- Chapter IX: The Misted Isle -- Chapter X: The University of Barbed Wire -- Chapter XI: The Vigil -- Chapter XII: The Suicide Consultancy -- Chapter XIII: Into the Crucible -- Chapter XIV: The First Goodbyes -- Chapter XV: Love and Paranoia

Part Three -- Chapter XVI: The Heiress -- Chapter XVII: Art and Justice -- Chapter XVIII: Home for Christmas? -- Chapter XIX: The Isle of Forgotten Men -- Chapter XX: A Spy Cornered -- Chapter XXI: Return to the Mill -- Chapter XXII: The Final Trial -- Postscript -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index -- Copyright